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The Pigeon River forms part of the Canada–United States border between the state of Minnesota and the province of Ontario, west of Lake Superior. In pre-industrial times, the river was a waterway of great importance for transportation and the fur trade .
The original bridge over the Pigeon River was known as The Outlaw. The road that would become Highway 61 was first constructed in 1916. The Pigeon River Timber Company had cleared lands surrounding the towns of Port Arthur and Fort William, but no road existed to connect to locations outside. A narrow wilderness trail reached as far as the ...
File information Description A map of Ontario Highway 61 (in red) in Thunder Bay District.. Source Own work . Roads and Pigeon River / Ontario-Minnesota border traced using Google Earth, Lake Superior outline provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) Shields available on Commons.
Settlements developed at Outlaw bridge near the custom posts on both the Canadian and American sides of the Pigeon River. The Minnesota town was known as Sextus City, named after Wisconsin assemblyman Sextus Lindahl. [4] The Ontario town was called Pigeon River. These small towns contained hotels, gas stations and other businesses catering to ...
Pigeon Bay is a body of water that lies between Minnesota, United States and Ontario, Canada and is part of Lake Superior. The international boundary between the two countries lies in the middle of the bay. The name of "Pigeon" Bay was most likely from the prevalence of the passenger pigeon which was common in the US/Canada border region. [3]
Pigeon River may refer to: Rivers. Pigeon River (Minnesota–Ontario), between Minnesota, United States, and Ontario, Canada; Pigeon River (Manitoba), a tributary of Lake Winnipeg, Canada; One of four rivers named the Pigeon River (Michigan) in Michigan, United States; Pigeon River (Tennessee – North Carolina), United States
Grand Portage State Park is a state park at the northeastern tip of the U.S. state of Minnesota, on the Canada–United States border.It contains a 120-foot (37 m) waterfall, the tallest in the state (though it is on the border with Canada and thus partially in Ontario), on the Pigeon River.
The Pigeon River arises in southeastern Haywood County, North Carolina, and flows basically northwest for most of its length. However, near Pressley Mountain it turns northeast for about four miles and in the town of Canton, where it was utilized by a now-closed local paper mill, it turns north.